新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
6 Z( W2 P, @5 l, V/ j- b3 _        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
# q; r- k1 X: I  d192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
0 O( W$ T; z7 [9 I% I' K6 G        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
- r- q8 m. |3 k! ]- ~* q193. Life there is simple and good.
        在那里，生活简单又美好。
- A* {: S: ]$ v$ u3 w" z( R/ i194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
1 w7 E4 J" w; a5 i7 ^; Y        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
        另一种想法恰恰相反，
196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
7 H2 G( {4 p' D. L6 f& ?        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
  D+ g% ?5 @7 Q9 {( R- J198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
1 `$ R) g2 \# q( v        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
. {8 b0 f+ E" t. K: ~. k199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
  }- G8 x# H0 W) @% H        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
9 M6 D; v: O' O1 M+ W        最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
7 \% E, I2 W8 o2 m        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
/ q* t6 L6 r7 \        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
( @3 e! q2 h3 t# U. |! W+ v        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
& D4 V- G* _6 k: B204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
- u  A$ P' P4 g* N8 Q; }        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
/ m$ Y0 S% g. ~+ [        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
5 t4 \' C" K5 C  \; p& {  R9 e207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
9 H/ i7 u" d3 a* B* N: u: n        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
" q1 f9 d7 ^5 e3 D/ i+ h. e208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
& U6 [' n6 |" A# n1 G7 i$ T3 z        他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”。
+ n% b- j) n0 N$ t209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
* d' X% i: v5 g$ Y/ I, O! @        5天后，一条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感

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